Clinical outcome and return to sport after the surgical treatment of spondylolysis in young athletes

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-249

  Debnath, U K ^a   Freeman, B J C ^a   Gregory, P ^a   de la Harpe, D ^a   Kerslake, R W ^a   Webb, J K ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICE HOCKEY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPORT; TENNIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPORTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037354116     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B2.13074     Document Type: Article

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